Congratulations to Dixie Heights whose Girls and Boys won the Area 5 All Star Meet held at Dixie Heights on Saturday.

 

The following links provide the team standings and complete results.

 

KTCCCA Area 5 All Stars- Team Scores

 

KTCCCA Area 5 All Stars- Complete Results

 

This meet experienced three National Elite Performances:

 

Congrats to:

 

* Mary Conti of Dixie Heights who won and ran the 400m in 57.53.

* Jena Doellman of Boone County who won the triple jump with leaps totaling 36-3.

* Branden Johnson of Dixie Heights who threw the shot put 52-2.

A few years ago ths was a great meet with most all of the NKY teams competing. Not sure what happened, but it has really lost a lot of steam and it no longer looks anything like its original purpose.

A few years ago ths was a great meet with most all of the NKY teams competing. Not sure what happened, but it has really lost a lot of steam and it no longer looks anything like its original purpose.

 

I can shed a light on some of this ..

*As Content posted ... there were 3 National Elite performances (off the top of my head .. that may be the most that this meet has produced since we started it. There were a TON of season best performances ... more than any other time in the meets history.

*For this year ... the Class A Regional is Wednesday, May 12th ... so most of those teams did not want to run that close to the regional (more on Class A below)

*The original intent of this meet was the best of the best from NKY .. with one high quality heat .. ... with 2 solid heats ... allowing for each teams depth to play a part (instead of scoring 2 from each school ... any scorer scored--meaning .. you could have 8 athletes from the same school in the same heat ... and all would school instead of just 2). And ... for once last chance for great seed times before the regional as well).

*The state championship time schedule is used so the athletes learn to manage the schedule.

*Overall .. this year was the best quality that we have had top to bottom.

*More athletes were entered this year than any others.

 

From there ... there are certain schools who choose not to attend .. regardless of how close the meet is to the regional. For some reason ... they are just not interested. I have thoughts on that ... which I will keep to myself ... and it is extremely difficult to throw as much time and effort as we do for this meet.

 

From there .. a big shout out to Dixie Heights High School ... and coaches Ed Cook and Steve Saunders. They do everything possible to work with us to ensure the meet runs smooth and successful.